Weather

Winter Storm Watch issued February 28 at 4:22AM CST until March 03 at 6:00AM CST by NWS

Effective: 4:22 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014

Expires: 6 a.m. on Monday, March 3, 2014

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENINGTHROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENINGTHROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.* TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREADTHE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. BY SUNDAY...MOST OF THIS PRECIPITATIONSHOULD BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...WITH A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEETPOSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THE POTENTIALEXISTS FOR A FEW BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO OCCURSATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROMNORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST SUNDAY NIGHT AND SHOULD EXIT THE AREA BYMONDAY MORNING.* TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COULDRANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY TO BEALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSASSLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD NEAR A HALF INCH...WITH AROUND ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE POSSIBLE FROM FREEZING RAIN.* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 10 TO 20MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH WHICH COULD RESULT IN BLOWING ANDDRIFTING SNOW.* WIND CHILL...WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARELIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHTPERIOD.* IMPACTS...SNOW-COVERED AND ICY ROAD CONDITIONS ARELIKELY...WHICH WILL RESULT IN SLICK ROADS AND DANGEROUSTRAVELING CONDITIONS. HYPOTHERMIA AND FROSTBITE COULD OCCURQUICKLY FOR PERSONS EXPOSED TO THE COLD.